Local First Awards
Thursday, October 17, 2019Save the Date

DC BRAU
4:00PM - 8:00PM

We believe that DC's Food and Beverage community demonstrates the vibrant spirit of collaboration which represents the best of our proud city's past, present, and future. Our organization seeks to build upon the momentum from the past three years of great NE-based events and prepare to showcase F+B production in a different quadrant each year to come. Proceeds from the event will directly benefit each of the participating vendors.

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